"You look beautiful in the moonlight." Tim's hand grazed down Rory's side, sending shivers down her body. He watched as the moonlight danced off her pale skin, illuminating it in the darkness of her room. She was nothing short of the moon and stars to him, he could sit for hours tracing the various marks across her body like they were constellations in the night sky.

His favorite time of day had always been the night, it was when he felt free. He got to go out and protect those in his city along with people he cared about, but that also meant he got to have special moments like this with the woman he loved. 

Rory looked at him, to see Tim was staring at her with a lovestruck look on his face. His soft blue eyes watched her every move as she shifted slightly, the moonlight bouncing off her bare stomach exposed from her shirt rising up her torso. Her fingers reached up and played with the strands that hung in his eyes.

She loved the time she spent with him alone more than anything, when it was just them Rory didn't worry about hiding the real her from him. Tim Drake was one of four people that truly knew her, the other three being Oliver, Roy, and Jesse.

Oliver was her adoptive father, he raised her from the age of eleven training her to be the best version of herself she could be. Roy was her number two, her partner in crime or crimefighting so to speak. When they were younger, they were inseparable and they still were. Jesse was her first real love, she had bared her heart to him when they dated and it only strengthened their friendship.

With Tim, he was her childhood best friend. Looking back, he was the one person she trusted above the rest. Tim was always there for her when she needed him to be, even when they were kids. Rory remembered their parents constantly making jokes about how they would grow up and fall in love, starting a family of their own. That future wasn't far off, but were they both ready for it?

She watched as his fingers trailed from her side and towards her stomach, his thumb tracing the outline of her hipbone. Slowly he leaned over and pressed a kiss to her hip softly, Rory's hand still in his hair playing with it between her fingers. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"Just enjoying the moment with you is all, how often do we get five minutes of peace these days?" his blue eyes flicked up to meet hers as he placed a kiss on her stomach now. 

"I think you missed, my lips are up here Dragon Boy." she teased.

Tim let out a chuckled before moving up her body and pressed his lips to hers in a soft kiss, wrapping his arm around her back to pull her closer. Rory's lips moved with his as she played with his hair, cupping his face with the other. "I love you." he murmured into the kiss, pulling her closer.

Rory let out a gasp feeling his fingers on the bare skin of her lower back, tracing soft circles there. Tim pulled away from the kiss painfully slow, Rory trying to follow his lips with her own wanting more. "It's a good thing I love you too." she chuckled.

He cupped her cheek, brushing her hair back softly. "I'll be yours until the stars fall out of the sky, Briar Rose," he whispered softly, "And even then nothing will be able to take me away from you." 

Rory's heart swelled at his words, for a boy that was awkward once upon a time; he could make her blush with one single sentence. She loved that about him, Tim always made sure that she knew he loved her even if he told her every other minute, or bought her gift, to just the way he treated her. Rory knew that he loved her, it was plain to see.

With a yawn, she pushed him onto his side and curled into the warmth of his body. "Goodnight Tim," she muttered.

He chuckled and wrapped an arm around her, "Goodnight Rory, get some sleep sweetheart." Tim watched as her eyes fluttered shut and her breathing evened into a deep sleep as he held her close to himself.

They had been dating for over six months now, July was nearing the end and they began dating on Christmas Eve. Of course, Tim had plans for their six month anniversary but with what happened because of Slade Rory was not allowed to leave the Manor, not that she wanted to. Seeing those pictures, it had really freaked her out. Sometimes he had to calm her down, as she panicked thinking that he was trying to get more compromising photos of them. 

He wanted to do something special, but what could he do? Tim knew that she did not want to leave the Manor so he would have to come up with something to do while they were there. Banking on the fact that none of the others were asleep, he sent a mass text asking for ideas on what to do as he held his Sleeping Beauty beside him.

 When Rory woke the next morning, she was surprised to see Tim asleep under her. It was a nice surprise, but a surprise none the less. Taking advantage of the moment, she curled into his side. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and the early birds were out singing. Rory closed her eyes as she listened to them sing their tune with the sounds of cicadas chirping away.

It was serene, and a nice change of pace from the dark and dreary Batcave downstairs, where all you heard was the screeching of bats along with drips of water from the ceiling. Her fingers ran through Tim's hair softly, she knew that it was his favorite thing she did. It was just a habit for Rory to do it now because he asked her to do it so often.

Tim woke about an hour later, he had stayed up talking to the others as they tried to figure out what he could do to surprise her. It had taken about two hours but there was a plan and Rory was the only one who didn't know about it. 

He leaned into her touch as she played with his hair, a smile forming on his face. "Good morning Songbird." 

Rory let out a chuckle before kissing his cheek. "Good morning to you too Dragon Boy." She leaned over and watched as he opened his eyes with a smile. 

"Now that's a sight I can get used to." he teased. 

Rory rolled her eyes, "Don't worry. You'll be sick of me real quick. Especially after we move into that apartment, speaking of which though have you actually told your family we are getting our own place?" 

Tim was silent. He had been avoiding that conversation for a while now and for good reason. The way everyone reacted when Dick left for Bludhaven the first time, and when Jason goes off the map for a mission? The others nonstop worry, especially Alfred. He always worried about them, he was a major part of their lives and knew that he would always worry about them.

"Please don't tell me you were hoping that they wouldn't notice you left? Tim, they will notice when the coffee stops getting drunk. They will miss your running commentary as well." she chuckled sitting up to look at him.

Tim rolled his eyes playfully and took her hand. "We'll get there when we get there. For now, let's just enjoy this moment." he pulled her back down and wrapped his arms around her tightly as Rory tried to wiggle away while trying not to laugh.

"It's cold, don't leave me," he whined.

"Tim, it's the middle of summer." 

"It's hot, come cool me down with your love." 

Rory took a deep breath as she laughed, "You are ridiculous. I'm hungry, let me go eat please?" she asked.

Tim shook his head. "No way Songbird, not until you pay the price." he grinned.

"What is this, a troll bridge but a Tim bridge instead?" she laughed and looked at him. "What do you want?"

"Your lips are what I desire, a kiss from you I will never tire." he grinned. 

Rory rolled her eyes. "I thought Jason was the resident thespian?" she teased, leaning over him.

Tim shrugged. "I guess some of it rubbed off on me, now are you going to kiss me or not?" he grinned.

She leaned down and pressed her lips to his, in what was supposed to be a quick kiss. Every time she pulled away, Tim managed to pull her back in for more. Slowly she was losing her composure, the hunger in her stomach was replaced by one not for food but for Tim and he knew it. 

His hands slid from her waist, down to cup her ass as she let out a surprised squeak making him chuckle against her lips. Her hands gripped his hair as her hips lowered to press against his, making Tim whimper softly wanting more of her. His grip on her tightened at her actions as she moaned his name softly, breakfast in the back of their minds.

"Hey Princess, is Replacement in here? I was told to fi- Holy fuck!"

Rory jumped off of Tim, biting his lip in the process as she fell off the bed with a loud thud and shriek of terror. "Jason, what the fuck was that for?!" she sat up on the floor rubbing the shoulder she landed on the ground with.

"Hey! Don't you yell at me! You were the one breaking house rules!" he snapped.

"Like you haven't done that before, and learn to knock you asshole!" she yelled.

Tim laid on the bed as he watched them argue over who was wrong, and he found it hilarious. He covered his mouth to hide his laughter as Rory turned and gave him a glare. "You think this is funny?" 

Tim shook his head trying to keep the laughter in, only making her frown more. "Well, then no more for you. I want to go eat." she got up and made her way to the door as Tim quickly got up and caught her hand.

"Oh come on Songbird, you know I don't mean it. I thought you were cute." he chuckled, pulling her back towards him.

"I am many things Timothy, but Aurora Queen is not cute," she said and pulled out of his hold and went down to the kitchen leaving both Jason and Tim there alone.

"Smooth going Timbo." Jason chuckled.

"Well, if you learned to knock I wouldn't have this problem right now." Tim retorted.

"No, instead you would be having a different problem." he grinned and took off down the hall before Tim could get to him. When they got down to breakfast, Rory was already down there eating the waffles Alfred had made. Seeing the waffled put her in a better mood, but Rory was still salty over Jason walking in on them.

She didn't even look up as the two of them entered the kitchen and kept eating. Rory didn't even acknowledge either of them as they sat beside her and tried to get her attention. At this point, it was obvious that Rory was mad at them but no one other than those three knew why. 

Tim gently poked her side, Rory trying not to squirm under his touch. She continued to eat her waffles, ignoring him still.

"Come on Rory, you can't ignore me forever," he said looking at her. Rory's gaze didn't move from her plate, refusing to acknowledge him. He leaned closer and kissed her cheek. "Do I have to start begging?" he asked.

Rory's eyes shifted to look at him before looking at her plate once more and kept eating. Tim really wasn't the one she was mad at, but she couldn't deny that it was fun messing with him like this. She had finished her waffles and got up, pushing her chair away from the table to take it to the sink. While she was up, Rory thought it was a good idea to get herself a cup of coffee. Looking at the pot, she saw that there was enough for only one cup.

With the urge to be petty strong, Rory grabbed herself a mug and stared at Tim as she poured the rest of its contents into her mug with her eyes narrowed. The others at the table didn't know what Tim did, but they knew for sure that she was mad at him.

"Damn, that's cold," Jason muttered.

Rory's eyes flicked towards him,  her eyes growing darker as she grabbed the last blueberry muffin and took a huge bite out of it. She knew very well that those muffins, Alfred's blueberry muffins, were Jason's favorite; and she knew that he got the message at just how mad at him she was.

Steph tried to fight back a laugh. "It's not even noon and the two of you managed to piss her off to the point she is being mega petty, what the hell did you do?" she asked.

"Yeah, princess. What happened?" Rory asked, taking a bit of the muffin staring him in the eyes.

"It doesn't matter what happened, what does matter is that I messed up and I am sorry," he said, his voice straining at the end as if it was physically killing him to apologize to Rory. She knew that deep down he did mean it, but he was more motivated by the fact that she was eating the muffin in front of him in order to torture him.

"Did Jason just apologize?" Roy asked from across the table. 

"I don't think I have seen her this petty in a long time," Jesse added.

"Did we learn our lesson?" she asked, looking at Jason. He nodded quickly, eyeing the muffin in her hand. Rory let out a sigh and pulled out the muffin she hid earlier for this exact purpose and tossed it towards him.

Jason caught it happily and took a large bite out of it, crumbs falling out of his mouth with a sigh of delight. Tim looked at her with a raised brow, watching she drank the coffee. He got up from his seat and walked over, standing in front of her. Rory raised a brow, looking over the edge of the mug as she drank the coffee and stared right at him.

"You know you aren't mad at me," he said, looking down at her. 

"I think my actions say different Timothy." 

"Fine then, Aurora. We both know you aren't mad at me, you're just frustrated." he grinned.

Rory tried to keep her face from flushing, frustrated was right but he didn't know how frustrated she was. Her eyes didn't leave his as she kept glaring at him as she drank the coffee. The air was tense, and it was silent filling with whatever it was going on between Tim and Rory. 

She removed the cup from her lips as Tim gripped her chin softly, pulling her in for a kiss. Rory tried to resist the kiss but ultimately failed as she set the mug down leaning into his body. She felt Tim's hand slide around her waist and rest on the counter behind her as she kissed him only for him to pull back and walk away holding her cup of coffee.

Rory watched as he walked out of the kitchen in shock, he just used her to get to the coffee cup! "Timothy Drake! You get your ass back here!" she yelled and went after him. This wasn't over and she was getting that cup of coffee back. Tim was halfway up the stairs by the time she left the kitchen and he laughed seeing the flustered look on her face.

"Hey, if you get to be petty so do I." he grinned and kept walking up the stairs. 

With a frown, Rory followed him up the stairs. "That was not fair!" 

"Oh, like how Jason so rudely walked in without knocking was not fair?" he teased, heading for his room. She ran up the stairs to catch up with him as Tim opened the door to his room. He pushed it open and Rory followed him in slamming it shut. 

Tim looked at her with a chuckle. "If I didn't know better, I would say that you look mad Songbird." he teased.

Rory clenched her jaw and walked over grabbing the mug and setting it on the desk before she grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him into another kiss. This one was short-lived, Rory kissing him long enough to stun him but short enough that she left him wanting more. Pulling away, she turned and left for her room Tim in a daze behind her.

"Hey! Get back here!" He went after her and pinned Rory to the door before she could even open it. Rory looked up at him with a grin. 

"What, something on your mind Dragon Boy?" she asked.

"You know exactly what you were doing." he kissed her again, holding her wrists back against the wooden door as he pressed himself against her. "And we're going to fix that." 

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So the surprise he has for her will be the next chapter! I had a lot of fun writing this one, it was all cute and fluff! But with the sequel, I have most of the basics done before I am ready to officially start it (the obvious being that this one is not actually finished)

Hope you all have a good day!

Until Next Time,